Stable or street broom



(No Model.)

' A. T. GEEIKE.

STABLE 0E STREET BROOM.

No. 449,440. Patented Mer. 31, 189,1.

FIG/.2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBRTT. GERIKE, OF CAMDEN, NEV JERSEY.

STABLE OR STREET BROOIVI.

SPECIIICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,440, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed October 22, 1890.` Serial No. 368,920. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT T. GERIKE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Camden, Camden county, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Stable or Street Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a certain improvementin that class of brushes or brooms known as stable-brooms or street-brooms, and having in place of bristles knots orbunches of splints of rattan or other elastic wood, the object of myinvention being to provide a simple and economical but permanent means of fastening said knots o1' bunches of splints to the block or head of the broom. This objectIattain in the mannerhereinafter set forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a sectional perspective view of a brush or broom constructed in accordance with my invention, the cap-piece being removed from the head of the broom; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section illustrating my invention and showing said cappiece in position.

A is ablock constituting the head of the broom, and B are the knots or bunches of splints forming the brushing-surface of the broom, each bunch consisting of a number of splints folded in the center and having this folded portion of the bunch inserted into an opening a, formed in the bottom of the block A, the various openings being arranged in parallel rows in the usual manner. rlhe openings ct do not extend completely through the block A,but in theback of the block are formed a series of parallel saw-kerfs or slots Z), one of which is in line with each row of openings in the block,and each of these saw-kerfs is of such a depth as to extend some distance below the tops of the openings in the row. In order to secure the ends of the bunches of splints in a row of openings a, therefore, it is only necessary to pass a confining-cord d through the saw-kerf from end to end and across the openings of the roW, this cord passing beneath the folded portion of each bunch of splints, as

shown in Fig. l, and at the left-hand side of Fig. 2, so as to confine said bunches of splints firmly inthe openings a, the cord being passed back and forth through the successive slots until all of the bunches have been secured and the end of the cord being then fastened, as, for instance, by means of a tack f, Fig. 1, prior to the application of the cap-piece D to the back of the block A, as shown in Fig. 2.

The saw-korf being much less in Width than the diameter of the openings a, shoulders are formed at the tops of said openings, which shoulders serve as bearings for the folded portions of the knots or bunches of splints, and thus serve to resist the thrust upon the same, the savv-kerf extending a considerable distance belou7 these shoulders so as to permit the retaining-cord to properly engage with the folded portions of the splints.

The cord which I use for securing the bunches of splints is preferably treated With a waterproong compound, so that it will not rot, but will retain the splints until their usefulness has been exhausted.

Having th us described my in vention I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, in a brush or broom, of the head-block having openings extending part Way through the same from one side, and a saw-kerf in the other side of much less Width than the diameter of the openings but extending a considerable distance below the tops of the same with knots or bunches of splints inserted into the openings in the headblock and seated against shoulders at the tops of said openings, and with a cord running along the base of each saw-kerf and engaging with the folded portions of the knots or bunches of splints some distance below the shoulders against which said splints have their bearing, substantially as specified.

.In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALBERT T. GERIKE.

Witnessesz EUGENE ELTEEICH, HARRY SMITH.. 

